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The Effectiveness of Biostimulation, Bioaugmentation and Sorption-Biological Treatment of Soil Contaminated with Petroleum Products in the Russian Subarctic microorganisms Article The Effectiveness of Biostimulation, Bioaugmentation and Sorption-Biological Treatment of Soil Contaminated with Petroleum Products in the Russian Subarctic Vladimir A. Myazin 1,* , Maria V. Korneykova 1,2,*, Alexandra A. Chaporgina 1 , Nadezhda V. Fokina 1 and Galina K. Vasilyeva 3 1 Institute of North Industrial Ecology Problems—Subdivision of the Federal Research Centre “Kola Science Centre of Russian Academy of Science”, 184209 Apatity, Russia; [email protected] (A.A.C.); [email protected] (N.V.F.) 2 Agrarian Technological Institute, Рeoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University), 117198 Moscow, Russia 3 Institute of Physicochemical and Biological Problems in Soil Science Russian Academy of Science, 142290 Puschino, Russia; [email protected] * Correspondence: [email protected] (V.A.M.); [email protected] (M.V.K.) Abstract: The effectiveness of different bioremediation methods (biostimulation, bioaugmentation, the sorption-biological method) for the restoration of soil contaminated with petroleum products in the Russian Subarctic has been studied. The object of the study includes soil contaminated for 20 years with petroleum products. By laboratory experiment, we established five types of microfungi Citation: Myazin, V.A.; Korneykova, that most intensively decompose petroleum hydrocarbons: Penicillium canescens st. 1, Penicillium M.V.; Chaporgina, A.A.; Fokina, N.V.; simplicissimum st. 1, Penicillum commune, Penicillium ochrochloron, and Penicillium restrictum. One day Vasilyeva, G.K. The Effectiveness of after the start of the experiment, 6 to 18% of the hydrocarbons decomposed: at 3 days, this was 16 Biostimulation, Bioaugmentation and Sorption-Biological Treatment of Soil to 49%; at 7 days, 40 to 73%; and at 10 days, 71 to 87%. Penicillium commune exhibited the greatest Contaminated with Petroleum degrading activity throughout the experiment. For soils of light granulometric composition with Products in the Russian Subarctic. a low content of organic matter, a more effective method of bioremediation is sorption-biological Microorganisms 2021, 9, 1722. treatment using peat or granulated activated carbon: the content of hydrocarbons decreased by https://doi.org/10.3390/ an average of 65%, which is 2.5 times more effective than without treatment. The sorbent not microorganisms9081722 only binds hydrocarbons and their toxic metabolites but is also a carrier for hydrocarbon-oxidizing microorganisms and prevents nutrient leaching from the soil. High efficiency was noted due to the Academic Editor: Persiani Anna biostimulation of the native hydrocarbon-oxidizing microfungi and bacteria by mineral fertilizers Maria and liming. An increase in the number of microfungi, bacteria and dehydrogenase activity indicate the presence of a certain microbial potential of the soil and the ability of the hydrocarbons to produce Received: 28 June 2021 biochemical oxidation. The use of the considered methods of bioremediation will improve the Accepted: 9 August 2021 Published: 13 August 2021 ecological state of the contaminated area and further the gradual restoration of biodiversity. Keywords: petroleum-contaminated soil; bioremediation; sorbents; microfungi; mycoremediation; Publisher’s Note: MDPI stays neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in hydrocarbon-oxidizing microorganisms; dehydrogenase activity; granular activated carbon; peat published maps and institutional affil- iations. 1. Introduction Currently, because of anthropogenic activities, there is large-scale pollution of the Copyright: © 2021 by the authors. environment with toxic substances. Petroleum and petroleum products are major pollu- Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. tants among all contaminants entering the environment. Contamination with this type This article is an open access article of pollutant is also relevant for regions where petroleum production and refining are distributed under the terms and not carried out. In this case, petroleum depots, objects of the fuel and energy complex, conditions of the Creative Commons and large industrial enterprises with motor transport divisions and gas stations in their Attribution (CC BY) license (https:// structure become potentially dangerous sources of soil pollution. Spills of petroleum or creativecommons.org/licenses/by/ petroleum products and the pollution of natural environments occur during their storage, 4.0/). Microorganisms 2021, 9, 1722. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms9081722 https://www.mdpi.com/journal/microorganisms Microorganisms 2021, 9, 1722 2 of 18 transportation, shipment and bunkering, as well as resulting from the wearing down of equipment. The soil undergoes a special load—the degradation of its morphological and physic- ochemical properties, significant suppression of the soil’s microorganism activity and a decrease in its self-cleaning ability [1,2]. Contaminated soil ceases to perform the main ecosystem functions associated with its chemical, physicochemical, and biochemical prop- erties. As a result of the degradation processes, the content and reserves of humus in the soil decrease; its qualitative compositional changes; the processes of nitrogen fixation, ammonification, nitrification, and mineralization are inhibited; the nutrient regime of the soil deteriorates; its enzymatic activity decreases; and the pH value and redox potential of the soil often change [2,3]. The need to develop effective methods of treatments and technologies for recovering petroleum-contaminated soils is one of the main environmental problems in the northern regions of Russia. In the Arctic zone of Russia, there is currently a problem with eliminating the consequences of accumulated environmental damage. There are areas contaminated with fuels and lubricants as a result of past economic activities where soil cleaning and recovery have not been carried out for many years [4,5]. Microbiological methods of environmental treatment from petroleum pollution are ecologically promising. The currently applied methods of cleaning oil-contaminated areas provide for the excavation of contaminated soil, its movement, and cleaning by physical, chemical or biological methods. Cleaned soils are used mainly in road construction. To restore the fertile layer in the cleaning area, natural soil is used. Remediation requires signif- icant excavation and storage of soil, which will lead to an increase in the disturbed land area. All these manipulations change the natural soil profile, generate waste, and use additional soil resources [6]. These include biostimulation, which is based on the addition of extra sources of carbon and nutrients to stimulate microbial activity, and bioaugmentation—the introduction of cultures of petroleum-oxidizing microorganisms [3,7–9]. Recently, special attention has been paid to the possibility of using fungi for bioremediation (mycoremedia- tion). Fungi are able to survive in adverse environmental conditions as well as to transform pollutants that are inaccessible or hardly accessible to soil bacteria [10–13]. There are a number of works demonstrating the successful application of mycoremediation [14–18]. The correct selection of fungi with a powerful degrading potential is the main criterion for the successful application of this technology. The use of the bioremediation method does not always give good results, especially in arctic and subarctic conditions. This is due to the low biological activity of the soils of the northern regions of Russia and the high vulnerability of the natural ecosystems. The solution to this problem could be the technology of sorption-biological soil treatment based on the use of various sorbents [19–21]. The use of sorbents accelerates the processes of bioremediation and land reclamation, thereby expanding the possibilities of biological treatment. Sorbents serve as a source of nitrogen and phosphorus and a place of localization of microorganisms-destructors, and they increase the moisture capacity and aeration of soils [22]. Studies carried out earlier in the central region of Russia made it possible to create an effective method of the sorption-biological treatment of soils contaminated with organic pollutants [23–27]. The use of granular activated carbon (GAC) can accelerate the processes of the bioremediation of soils contaminated with diesel fuel, used engine oil, and petroleum [28,29]. In laboratory conditions, the efficiency of the sorption-biological treatment of the contaminated soils of the Murmansk region has been shown. The introduction of optimal doses of sorbents into the soil make favorable conditions for the activation of indigenous or specially introduced microorganism-degraders [30]. The aim of this work is to determine the influence of bioremediation methods (bios- timulation, bioaugmentation, sorption-biological treatment) on biological indicators and the content of hydrocarbons in contaminated soil. Microorganisms 2021, 9, 1722 3 of 18 2. Materials and Methods 2.1. The Territory of the Study The study was carried out in the area of Mount Kaskama, located in the north of the European part of Russia (Murmansk region (69◦16016.100 N; 29◦27037.900 E). This site belongs to the boreal–subarctic forest–tundra zone with a predominance of sparse pine forests (Pinus sylvestris lapponiсa)[31]. 2.2. Climate This territory belongs to the Atlantic–Arctic region, which has two climatic zones: subarctic and temperate. The strong influence of the Atlantic has a softening effect on air temperature and increases humidity.
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